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'Once the ant turned its back on the colony and walked away, it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat'
"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, ...
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Mad About Seashells
The peculiar human passion for the exoskeletons of mollusks has been ... One low-tech approach is to leave the shells out for fire ants to clean, but high-tech works too. "Microwave cleaning ...
Fire ants are back in season. What to know about the pests taking over your Houston yard.
Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans, according to ...
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National Fire Ant Eradication Program finds fire ants in Bilinga, near Gold Coast Airport
Followed categories will be added to My News. On Friday, the National Fire Ant Eradication Program said they found fire ants in Bilinga, near the Gold Coast Airport. A statement from the program ...
First Caribbean 'dirt ant' found in 16-million-year-old amber
Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but one particular group is so adept at blending in with the ground that they ...
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National Fire Ant Eradication Program finds fire ants in Bilinga, near Gold Coast Airport
On Friday, the National Fire Ant Eradication Program said they found fire ants in Bilinga, near the Gold Coast Airport. A statement from the program urged residents and businesses to ...